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Minnesota reported 92 new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, including one person in Freeborn County.

That person was between 85 and 89 years old and is the seventh COVID-19 death for the county since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The people who died across the state came from 37 counties, and ranged in age from early 50s to late 90s. Forty-eight people resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities, one person resided in a group home or residential behavioral health facility and one person was in a jail or prison.

The Thursday deaths were the second highest number of deaths in a single day in Minnesota since the start of the pandemic.

The state has had 3,784 total deaths, of which 2,522 resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities.

Across the state, 6,166 new cases were reported, increasing the state’s cumulative total to 333,626. Of that number, almost 44,000 are still considered active cases.

The state reported 1,770 people were hospitalized as of Wednesday, including 376 in intensive care.

Freeborn County reported 26 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, increasing the county’s cumulative total to 1,622, of which 184 are considered active, according to the Freeborn County Public Health Department.

The new cases included the following:

• One person between 0 and 4

• One person between 5 and 9

• One person between 10 and 14

• One person between 15 and 19

• Five people in their 20s

• 10 people in their 30s

• Three people in their 40s

• One person in their 50s

• Two people in their 60s

• One person in their 80s

The county health department stated eighty-two people from the county have been hospitalized at some point during their illness at some point during the pandemic.

The following were updates on other area counties:

• Faribault County: 20 new lab-confirmed cases; 609 total cases

• Mower County: 41 new lab-confirmed cases, one probable case; 2,748 total cases

• Steele County: 47 new lab-confirmed cases; 2,103 total cases

• Waseca County: 16 new lab-confirmed cases; 1,434 total cases

 

 

Minnesota COVID-19 cases, deaths

County	Total confirmed cases	Total probable cases	Total cases	Total deaths
Aitkin	791	8	799	30
Anoka	22,316	1,225	23,541	236
Becker	2,192	23	2,215	21
Beltrami	2,247	60	2,307	18
Benton	3,137	90	3,227	53
Big Stone	332	7	339	2
Blue Earth	4,303	9	4,312	17
Brown	1,540	21	1,561	15
Carlton	1,816	198	2,014	17
Carver	4,975	122	5,097	15
Cass	1,523	12	1,535	11
Chippewa	969	11	980	8
Chisago	3,231	114	3,345	16
Clay	5,262	37	5,299	60
Clearwater	547	7	554	10
Cook	80	0	80	0
Cottonwood	897	48	945	4
Crow Wing	3,795	38	3,833	39
Dakota	23,107	457	23,564	198
Dodge	931	0	931	1
Douglas	2,759	71	2,830	40
Faribault	608	1	609	3
Fillmore	765	4	769	0
Freeborn	1,614	8	1,622	7
Goodhue	2,219	10	2,229	32
Grant	297	1	298	6
Hennepin	68,824	1,245	70,069	1,145
Houston	772	28	800	4
Hubbard	1,184	13	1,197	29
Isanti	1,940	99	2,039	17
Itasca	2,050	13	2,063	24
Jackson	523	9	532	1
Kanabec	676	10	686	14
Kandiyohi	4,372	36	4,408	28
Kittson	224	27	251	8
Koochiching	414	7	421	6
Lac qui Parle	404	8	412	4
Lake	414	37	451	8
Lake of the Woods	102	5	107	1
Le Sueur	1,556	14	1,570	12
Lincoln	378	3	381	1
Lyon	2,314	14	2,328	12
Mahnomen	321	1	322	5
Marshall	535	10	545	9
Martin	1,238	9	1,247	21
McLeod	2,323	14	2,337	21
Meeker	1,432	16	1,448	12
Mille Lacs	1,606	40	1,646	32
Morrison	2,406	61	2,467	31
Mower	2,717	31	2,748	23
Murray	607	5	612	4
Nicollet	1,711	10	1,721	26
Nobles	3,143	17	3,160	32
Norman	370	1	371	8
Olmsted	7,136	10	7,146	37
Otter Tail	3,332	57	3,389	25
Pennington	680	25	705	8
Pine	1,395	54	1,449	8
Pipestone	754	11	765	18
Polk	2,581	134	2,715	27
Pope	570	2	572	1
Ramsey	28,717	742	29,459	521
Red Lake	219	11	230	3
Redwood	1,030	16	1,046	20
Renville	913	42	955	30
Rice	4,276	47	4,323	38
Rock	808	16	824	9
Roseau	1,196	107	1,303	5
Scott	8,840	124	8,964	60
Sherburne	5,872	315	6,187	46
Sibley	830	10	840	4
St. Louis	9,301	248	9,549	121
Stearns	14,208	356	14,564	125
Steele	2,097	6	2,103	8
Stevens	536	4	540	3
Swift	625	11	636	10
Todd	1,895	8	1,903	14
Traverse	153	0	153	1
Wabasha	1,126	4	1,130	1
Wadena	842	21	863	7
Waseca	1,431	3	1,434	11
Washington	14,499	365	14,864	125
Watonwan	892	2	894	4
Wilkin	416	1	417	5
Winona	2,958	20	2,978	32
Wright	8,089	386	8,475	48
Yellow Medicine	667	29	696	12
Unknown/missing	371	10	381	0